by A. J. Baime
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exemption from World War I draft, [>]
final illness, [>]–[>], [>]
first car, [>]
Ford stock holdings, [>]
government defense contracts, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Grosse Pointe home, [>]
interest in airplanes, airpower, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
interest in European sports cars, [>]–[>]
interview of, by Meyer, [>]–[>]
isolation, [>]–[>]
landing gear developed with Van Auken, [>]
marriage to Eleanor Lowthian Clay, [>]
memorial ceremony for, [>]
patriotism, questioning of, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
planning to protect factories against air raids, [>]
presidency of Ford, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
promises for B-24 Liberator delivery, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
relationship with Bennett, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
relationship with FDR, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
relationship with HF, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
relationship with HF2, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
relationship with Hoover, [>], [>]
relationship with Kanzler, [>], [>], [>], [>]
relationship with Sorensen, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
relationship with workers and the UAW, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
respect given by people of Detroit, [>], [>]–[>]
at the shakedown for the first Ford Jeep, [>]
stomach pains, cancer, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
study of reasons for worker absences, [>]
Treasury Department investigation and report, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
and the Truman Committee visit to Willow Run, [>]–[>]
twenty-first birthday gift, [>]
view of the postwar industrial future, [>]
“What Is a Boy,” [>]
withdrawal from public eye, [>]
See also B-24 Liberator; bomber-an-hour goal; Willow Run bomber factory and other members of the Fordfamily
Ford, Eleanor Lowthian Clay
art collection, [>]
burial, [>]
condolence letters to, [>]–[>]
efforts to convince EF to stop working, [>], [>]
Gaukler Pointe home, [>]
isolation, [>]–[>]
reaction to HF’s resumption of Ford Company presidency, [>]
response to EF’s death, [>], [>]
role in fight against Bennett, [>]
social life, [>]
Ford, Henry
ability to attract investors, [>]–[>]
acceptance of Grand Cross of the German Eagle, [>]–[>]
affordable mobility concept, Fordism, [>]–[>]
aging, declining physical and mental health, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
agreements to allow production of war matériel, [>]–[>], [>]
anti-Semitism, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
assertion of opposition to Nazism, [>]
on birth of Edsel, [>]
Camp Willow Run in Ypsilanti, [>]–[>]
capitulation to UAW, [>]
ceding of control to HF2, [>]–[>]
childhood, [>], [>]
and the concept and building of the Model T, [>]
contract agreement with UAW, [>]–[>]
contributions to war effort, [>]
death and burial, [>]
on destruction of orchard at Willow Run site, [>]
Detroit Automobile Company, [>]
and development of mass production, [>]
estimated worth in 1927, [>]
Fair Lane mansion in Dearborn, [>]
firing of Wibel, [>]–[>]
first plane ride with Lindbergh, [>]–[>]
Ford stock holdings, [>]
founding of Ford, [>]
during the Great Depression, [>]
hatred for FDR, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
hatred of unions, [>], [>], [>], [>]
hiring of blacks, [>]
Hitler’s admiration for, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
labor practices and salaries, [>]–[>], [>]
museum of antique machinery, honoring of EF at, [>]
news reports lauding for war production, [>]–[>]
opinion of Kanzler, [>]
opposition to Bomber City, [>]–[>]
optimism, [>]
pacifism, antiwar activism, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
potential presidential run, [>]
the Quadricycle, [>]–[>], [>]
refusal to modernize, [>], [>]
relationship with Bennett, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
relationship with EF, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
relationship with HF2 and other grandchildren, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
relationship with Liebold, [>]
relationship with Lindbergh, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
relationship with Sorensen, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
response to EF’s death, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
response to war in Europe, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
resumption of Ford presidency after EF’s death, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
retirement, [>]
rumors of codicil about running of Ford, [>]
salary, [>]
during siting of the Willow Run bomber plant, [>]
as teetotaler, [>]
work for Edison Illuminating Company, [>]–[>]
Ford, Henry, II
acceptance of the E flag and first public speech, [>]–[>]
appearance, [>], [>]
changes in during year after EF’s death, [>]–[>]
birth and childhood, [>], [>]–[>]
children, [>]
death, [>]
decision to remain with Ford, [>]
EF’s decision to bring into business, [>], [>]
at farewell lunch for Lindbergh, [>]
first visit to Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, [>]–[>]
first jobs at the Rouge, [>]
following Gregorie’s firing, [>]–[>]
marriage to Anne McDonnell, [>]
memories of learning to drive, [>]
move into father’s office at Ford headquarters, [>]
navy service, [>], [>]
presidency of Ford, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
relationship with Bennett, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
relationship with Bugas, [>]
relationship with EF, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
relationship with Ford employees, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
relationship with Gregorie, [>]
relationship with HF, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
relationship with Kanzler, [>], [>]
relationship with Sorensen, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
release from Navy after EF’s death, [>]–[>]
response to Detroit Race Riot, [>]
response to EF’s death, [>], [>], [>]
return to Ford, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
at the rollout of the final B-24 Liberator, [>]
at River Rouge factory opening, [>]
twenty-first birthday party, [>]
work on the Ford Jeep, [>]
at Yale, [>]
See also Bennett, Harry; Ford Motor Company and specific members of the Ford family
Ford, Josephine, [>]–[>], [>]
Ford, William (EF’s son), [>]–[>]
Ford, William (HF’s father), [>]
Ford-Afrique, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]. See also Ford-Werke AG Ford Airport, [>]–[>], [>]
Ford
Foundation, [>]
Fordism, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Ford Motor Company
airplane-related production by, [>]–[>]
allocations of raw materials for factories in Europe, [>]–[>]
assets in Nazi-controlled Europe, [>], [>]
black employees, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
celebrity employees, [>]
competition with General Motors, [>]–[>]
condition of at time of EF’s death, [>]
conflicts among top executives, [>]
cooperation with other auto manufacturers during war, [>]
design department, importance, [>]–[>]
display of military equipment produced at, [>]
early profitability, [>]
employee changes following EF’s death, [>]–[>]
engineering team sent to San Diego, [>]
European operations, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
expectations for increased output from, [>]
first assembly line for, [>]
first car produced, [>]
following the Detroit Race Riot of 1943, [>]
Ford family focus on, [>]
founding of, capital shares, [>]
impact of EF’s death on, [>]
last civilian motor car during World War II, [>]
lawsuit against brought by Iwanowa, [>]
Lindbergh’s departure from, [>]
morale, spring 1943, [>]
postwar years under leadership of HF2, [>]
response to EF’s death, [>]–[>]
rumors about codicil to HF’s will, [>]
shrinking market share, [>]
Sorensen’s departure from, [>]–[>]
and Treasury Dept. investigation, [>]
UAW strikes and actions against, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
See also Bennett, Harry; Bugas, John; Highland Park factory; River Rouge plant; Service Department; Willow Run bomber plant and specific members of the Ford family
Ford of Britain, [>]
Ford of France
profits from cooperating with Nazis, [>]
and Treasury Dept. investigation of EF’s ties to Nazis, [>]
truck production for the Nazis, [>], [>], [>]
See also Dollfus, Maurice
Ford of Germany. See Ford-Werke AG/Ford of Germany Ford Ranges, Antarctica, [>]
Ford Reliability Tour, [>]
“the Ford Stomach,” [>]
Ford Tri-Motor airplane (“Tin Goose”), [>], [>]
Ford-Werke AG/Ford of Germany
Albert’s leadership at, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
final communiqué with, [>]
investigations of, following World War II, [>]–[>]
profits at Ford from the Nazi government, [>]
role in obtaining raw materials and trucks for the Nazis, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
use of forced labor, [>]–[>]
Forest Club, Detroit, [>]–[>]
Fortune magazine
on Ford after EF’s death, [>]
on popularity of the heavy bomber, [>]
on strategic importance of the B-24, [>]
four-engine bombers. See B-17 Flying Fortress bomber (Boeing); B-24 Liberator
France
bombing of Nazi-controlled railroads in, [>]–[>]
early flying machines, [>]–[>]
Ford factories in, [>]
invasion of by Nazi Germany, [>]–[>]
surrender to Hitler’s armies, [>]–[>]
See also Ford of France
Frankensteen, Richard, [>]
Friedrich, Jorg, [>]
Galamb, Joe, [>]
gasoline shortages, impacts, [>]–[>], [>]
Gaukler Pointe, MI, EF home at, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Geerlings, Gerald, [>]
Gehrig, Lou, [>]–[>]
General Electric, war production at, [>], [>]
General Motors (GM)
Allison aircraft engine, [>]
competition with Ford, [>]–[>]
contracts with Nazi Germany at, [>]
cooperative ventures with Ford, [>]
“Dynamic Obsolescence,” [>]
engines for the B-24 Liberator at, [>]
European operations, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
founding, tiered brands, [>]
GMAC financing unit, [>]
headquarters, [>]–[>]
military contracts, [>], [>]
military truck production, [>]
production of fighter planes, [>]
production of M5 light tanks, [>]
purchase of Willow Run plant, [>]–[>]
UAW contract, 1937, [>]
union-busting efforts, [>]–[>]
See also Opel
genocide, Nazi, [>], [>], [>]. See also anti-Semitism
German Air Force. See Luftwaffe (German Air Force)
Germany
destruction of by end of World War II, [>]–[>]
Ford in, [>]
GM’s Opel factories in, [>]
Hitler’s work to develop auto industry, [>]
honoring of Goetz in Dinklage in 2006, [>]
impact of Great Depression, [>]
See also Nazi Germany
Gerstenberg, Alfred, [>]–[>]
Gibson Refrigerator Company
parts for the B-24 Liberator, [>]
Waco CG-4A gliders, [>]
Gillespie, John, [>]
Glenn L. Martin Company, B-26 Marauders, [>]
gliders, military, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Goebbels, Joseph
on impact of day raids by four-engine bombers, [>]
response to “Arsenal of Democracy” speech, [>]-[>]
response to reading about Nelson’s 1943 war production report, [>]
response to the bombing of Berlin, [>]
suicide, [>]
Goering, Hermann
acceleration of airplane production, [>]
Adlertag (“Eagle Day”), during Battle of Britain, [>]–[>]
amusement at learning of FDR’s 50,000
airplane plan, [>]
announcement of Blitzkrieg policy, [>]
appearance, behavior, [>]
arrangements for defense of Ploesti, [>]
disbelief in reports of US penetration of German air space, [>]
as head of the Luftwaffe, [>]
Hitler’s removal from command of the Luftwaffe, [>], [>]
interest in GM’s secret Allison aircraft engine, [>]
on the invincibility of the German Air Force, [>]
meeting with Knudsen, 1938, [>]–[>]
Goetz, Jack R., [>]
Gooden (US pilot), [>]
Gordon, Mrs. Sam, [>]–[>]
Gozo Island, US military base on, [>]
Graham, Marvin, [>]
Graham, Roscoe, [>]
Grand Cross of the German Eagle, [>]
Great Depression
Bennett during, [>]–[>]
ending of, by war production, [>], [>]
and exodus of blacks from the South, [>]
impacts in Europe, [>]
impacts on auto industry, [>]–[>]
living conditions during, [>]
reduction in size of military during, [>]
Great Lakes Naval Base, [>
